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Direct linkGehsmann, Kristin M.; Mesmer, Heidi Anne – Reading Teacher, 2023
This article addresses the characteristics of learners in the emergent stage of literacy development and describes two instructional practices that facilitate the development of the alphabetic principle and concept of word in text.
Descriptors: Emergent Literacy, Beginning Reading, Early Reading, Phonological Awareness
Download full textHo, Wai-Ching; And Others – 1970
To make this report more readable for teachers and still present all the data, it was compiled in two parts: (1) Report to Teachers and (2) Technical Report. The investigation was conducted (1) to compare the longitudinal effects of the initial teaching alphabet (i.t.a.) and traditional orthography (T.O.) beginning reading programs through and end…
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Initial Teaching Alphabet, Kindergarten, Longitudinal Studies
Peer reviewedShapiro, Bernard J.; Willford, Robert E. – Reading Teacher, 1969
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Comprehension, Grade 1, Initial Teaching Alphabet
Ho, Wai-Ching; And Others – 1972
To test the effects of teaching inner-city black children to read in kindergarten and first grade through the initial teaching alphabet, i.t.a. and traditional orthography (TO) groups were compared on their comprehension of single words, short sentences, and related skills. At the first grade level, reading, writing, and oral language skills were…
Descriptors: Black Students, Grade 1, Initial Teaching Alphabet, Kindergarten
McClintick, Otto F. – Literacy Discussion, 1972
The use of television as an aid for teaching the initial teaching alphabet is discussed with programing recommendations. (RK)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Educational Television, Initial Teaching Alphabet, Kindergarten
